factor

Factor

An event, circumstance, influence, or element that plays a part in bringing about a result.

A factor in a case contributes to its causation or outcome. In the area of Negligence law, the factors, or chain of causation, are important in determining whether liability ensues from a particular action done by the defendant.

factor

n. 1) a salesman who sells in his/her own name on behalf of others, taking a commission for services. 2) something that contributes to the result.

factor

1 a mercantile agent. An agent who is in the ordinary course of business entrusted with goods or documents of title representing goods with a view to their sale. A factor has a lien over goods entrusted to him; this lien covers any claims he may have against his principal arising out of the agency. Most factors will be mercantile agents (and have the powers of such) for the purposes of the Factors Act 1889. Under this Act, in certain circumstances a factor may pass a good title to goods entrusted to him.

2 an institution to whom a company assigns its book debts (see FACTORING).

LTF polymorphism was not significantly associated with circulating lactoferrin concentration, even after we controlled for different confounding factors (Table 2); however, the associations between circulating lactoferrin concentration and plasma lipids were different, depending on the rs1126478 genotype, in individuals with an altered glucose tolerance.

1997b) investigated the role of local protein synthesis in the maintenance of synapse-specific LTF in Aplysia using a culture system in which a single bifurcated sensory neuron of the gill-withdrawal reflex was plated in contact with two spatially separated gill motor neurons.

Mrs Ojoma Ochai, the Head of Arts, West Africa, British Council and Chair of the Theatre Festival Advisory Board, who made the announcement during the 5th edition of the Lagos Theatre Festival held last week, described the new LTF ranking as coming 'so quickly'.

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